>
> This is a pretty simple thing to do and with such a small
amount of
> data, you have two ways to go.
>
> Way 1: Forget the size, go for speed. Dimension all of your
strings
> to be 255 (or whatever the max string length will be) and create
> records that hold enough info for each database entry. This
lets you
> use a random access file. You can retrieve and change any
one record
> easily. (See the PG example for a way of doing this.)


	This sounds like a good advise, and as it is the one suggested
by most, I think I'll try it. DataBase seems to be a great
utility, but it simply costs too much, considering that I do
not intend to use complicated databases.

	To Jonathan : I have to admit that laposte's mail service is a
little disappointing. I have addresses on free, and sometimes
have speed problems while trying to read my mail. I'll stick
to laposte for now (at least for this list); but thanks for
the advise.
	Thanks also for your suggestion of helping me in french, but I
don't think I will have any trouble understanding what is
written on this list. It will only do me good to write a
little in the language of Shakespear. I just hope that my
english is not so bad that you can't understand me.


Pierre S.





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